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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the junior parents, I’d try to get your kids vaccinated and then a job this summer—a real job (fast food, retail, pools, lawn service). Also, look at a lot of schools and find safeties to love. We didn’t look at reaches, except those where we considered ED, since we knew admission was unlikely. Do online tours now and start visits as soon as allowed. Start working on apps by August. My kid spent one morning a week, but worked on it consistently. Rolling admissions are a valuable confidence boost and should be on everyone’s list. It takes a lot of time and coordination. [/quote]

What is the demonstrated benefit of a fast food job for an obviously UMC applicant?  From the admission POV?

Serious question
Ive tried to get my junior a job that works with his packed schedule because I believe every young person should perform thankless, public-facing work at some point to gain life perspective.  But why would *admissions* be happier to see that over the  choice to work/intern in the area of intended study? In our case, health care, but there are so many other options in DC (nonprofits, politics, law, science/CS/research)
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Your kid sounds privileged, and your kids application will read as such. If your kid got their own job, and didn’t think that working a typical teen job in retail or food service was beneath them, that speaks to their character.

You seriously just said that YOU are trying to get your kid a job. Shouldn’t they be doing that? [/quote]

PP here.  Thank you for projecting and insulting my child's character.  Klassy!

My son actually does do menial neighborhood jobs like pet sitting that require -- are you sitting down? -- [i]picking up dog shit[/i].  But his privileged and packed academic schedule doesn't allow him to accept a job of the type PP suggests, because McDonald's or Merrifield Garden Center or XYZ Kid's Camp will rightly expect him to show up multiple days a week, every week.

I'm interested in PP's take on spending the summer doing academic-ish [u]work[/u] vs. lifeguarding or detailing cars or loading mulch into SUVs.

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